Bharatiya Janata Party, Himachal Pradesh

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Bharatiya Janata Party, Himachal Pradesh
भारतीय जनता पार्टी, हिमाचल प्रदेश
Abbreviation BJP
Leader Jai Ram Thakur
(Leader of the Opposition)
President Rajeev Bindal
General SecretaryPavan Rana
Founded6 April 1980
(44 years ago)
 (1980-04-06)
HeadquartersDeep Kamal, Kamna Nagar, Shimla-5 Himachal Pradesh
ECI StatusNational Party
Seats in  Lok Sabha
4 / 4
(as of 2024)
Seats in  Rajya Sabha
3 / 3
(as of 2024)
Seats in  Himachal Pradesh Legislative Assembly
28 / 68
(as of 2024)
Website
hp.bjp.org

Bharatiya Janata Party, Himachal Pradesh, or simply, BJP HP is the affiliate of Bharatiya Janata Party for the state of Himachal Pradesh. Its head office is situated at the Deep Kamal Chakkar, Shimla.

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Electoral history

Legislative Assembly election

YearParty leaderSeats won+/-Voteshare (%)+/- (%)Outcome
Bharatiya Jana Sangh
1967 Shanta Kumar
7 / 60
Increase2.svg 713.87%Increase2.svg 13.87Opposition
1972
5 / 68
Decrease2.svg 27.75%Decrease2.svg 6.12%Opposition
Bharatiya Janata Party
1982 Shanta Kumar
29 / 68
Increase2.svg 2935.16%Increase2.svg 35.16%Opposition
1985
7 / 68
Decrease2.svg 2230.61%Decrease2.svg 4.55%Opposition
1990
46 / 68
Increase2.svg 3941.78%Increase2.svg 11.17Government
1993
8 / 68
Decrease2.svg 3836.14%Decrease2.svg 5.64%Opposition
1998 Prem Kumar Dhumal
31 / 68
Increase2.svg 2339.02%Increase2.svg 2.88%Government
2003
16 / 68
Decrease2.svg 1535.38%Decrease2.svg 3.64%Opposition
2007
41 / 68
Increase2.svg 2543.78%Increase2.svg 8.4%Government
2012
26 / 68
Decrease2.svg 1538.47%Decrease2.svg 5.31%Opposition
2017 Jai Ram Thakur
44 / 68
Increase2.svg 1848.79%Increase2.svg 10.32%Government
2022
25 / 68
Decrease2.svg 1943%Decrease2.svg 5.79%Opposition

Lok Sabha seats

YearLegislatureParty leaderSeats wonChange in seatsOutcome
1984 8th Lok Sabha Atal Bihari Vajpayee
0 / 4
Steady2.svgOpposition
1989 9th Lok Sabha Lal Krishna Advani
3 / 4
Increase2.svg 3 Outside support for NF
1991 10th Lok Sabha
2 / 4
Decrease2.svg 2Opposition
1996 11th Lok Sabha Atal Bihari Vajpayee
0 / 4
Decrease2.svg 2Government, later opposition
1998 12th Lok Sabha
3 / 4
Increase2.svg 3Government
1999 13th Lok Sabha
3 / 4
Steady2.svgGovernment
2004 14th Lok Sabha
1 / 4
Decrease2.svg 2Opposition
2009 15th Lok Sabha Lal Krishna Advani
3 / 4
Increase2.svg 2Opposition
2014 16th Lok Sabha Narendra Modi
4 / 4
Increase2.svg 1Government
2019 17th Lok Sabha
4 / 4
Steady2.svgGovernment
2024 18th Lok Sabha
4 / 4
Steady2.svgGovernment

List of Current Members

In Himachal Legislative Assembly

District

No.ConstituencyNamePartyRemarks
Chamba

1 Churah (SC) Hans Raj Bharatiya Janata Party
2 Bharmour (ST) Janak Raj Bharatiya Janata Party
4 Dalhousie D S Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
Kangra 6 Nurpur Ranveer Singh Bharatiya Janata Party
11 Jaswan-Pragpur Bikram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
14 Sullah Vipin Singh Parmar Bharatiya Janata Party
16 Kangra Pawan Kumar Kajal Bharatiya Janata Party
18 Dharamshala Sudhir Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party Elected in 2024 by-election
Kullu 24 Banjar Surender Shourie Bharatiya Janata Party
25 Anni (SC)Lokendra Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
Mandi 26 Karsog (SC)Deepraj Kapoor Bharatiya Janata Party
27 Sundernagar Rakesh Jamwal Bharatiya Janata Party
28 Nachan (SC)Vinod Kumar Bharatiya Janata Party
29 Seraj Jai Ram Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party Leader of Opposition
30 Darang Puranchand Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
31 Jogindernagar Prakash Rana Bharatiya Janata Party
33 Mandi Anil Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
34 Balh (SC)Indra Singh Gandhi Bharatiya Janata Party
35 Sarkaghat Daleep Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
Hamirpur 39 Barsar Inder Dutt Lakhanpal Bharatiya Janata Party Elected in 2024 by-election
Una 44 Una Satpal Singh Satti Bharatiya Janata Party
Bilaspur 46 Jhanduta (SC) Jeet Ram Katwal Bharatiya Janata Party
48 Bilaspur Trilok Jamwal Bharatiya Janata Party
49 Sri Naina Deviji Randhir Sharma Bharatiya Janata Party
Sirmaur 55 Pachhad (SC) Reena Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party
58 Paonta Sahib Sukh Ram Chaudhary Bharatiya Janata Party
Shimla 60 Chopal Balbir Singh Verma Bharatiya Janata Party

In Lok Sabha

NoConstituencyNameParty
1 Kangra Rajeev Bhardwaj Bharatiya Janata Party
2 Mandi Kangana Ranaut Bharatiya Janata Party
3 Hamirpur Anurag Thakur Bharatiya Janata Party
4 Shimla (SC) Suresh Kumar Kashyap Bharatiya Janata Party

In Rajya Sabha

NoName [1] PartyDate of AppointmentDate of Retirement
1 Harsh Mahajan BJP 03-Apr-202402-Apr-2030
2 Indu Goswami BJP 10-Apr-202009-Apr-2026
3 Sikander Kumar BJP 03-Apr-202202-Apr-2028

Leadership

Chief Minister

NoPortraitName Constituency Term of OfficeTenureAssembly
1 Shanta Kumar.jpg Shanta Kumar Palampur 5 March 199015 December 19922 years, 285 days 7th
2 Prem Kumar Dhumal.jpg Prem Kumar Dhumal Bamsan 24 March 19985 March 20039 years, 342 days 9th
30 December 200725 December 2012 11th
3 JRThakur.jpg Jai Ram Thakur Seraj 27 December 201711 December 20224 years, 349 days 13th

President

NoPortraitNameTenure
1Gangaram Thakur198019844 years
2Nageen Chand Pal198419862 years
3 Shanta Kumar.jpg Shanta Kumar 198619904 years
4 Maheshwar Singh 199019933 years
5 Prem Kumar Dhumal.jpg Prem Kumar Dhumal 199319985 years
6 Suresh Chandel.jpg Suresh Chandel 199820002 years
7 Jai Krishan Sharma 200020033 years
8 Suresh Bhardwaj cropped.jpg Suresh Bhardwaj 200320074 years
9 JRThakur.jpg Jai Ram Thakur 200720092 years
10 Khimi Ram.jpg Khimi Ram 200920101 year
11 Satpal Singh Satti 2010202010 years
12 [2] Rajeev Bindal 18-Jan-202022-Jul-2020186 days
13 [3] Suresh Kumar Kashyap 22-Jul-202023-Apr-20232 years, 275 days
(12) [4] Rajeev Bindal 23-Apr-2023Present1 year, 128 days

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